卦 - guà - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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卦

guà

Definition

divinatory diagram
one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經
one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

掛

guà

to hang up; to put up; to suspend (from a hook etc); (of a telephone call) to hang up; to ring off; to call up; to put somebody through to; to hitch; to get caught; to register; set (measure word); string (of things, classifier)

褂

guà

Chinese-style unlined garment; gown

罫

guà

squares of a chess board

Related words (12)

卦義

guà yì

interpretation of the divinatory trigrams

卦辭

guà cí

to interpret the divinatory trigrams

八卦

bā guà

8 trigrams; the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經; gossip; gossipy

卜卦

bǔ guà

to divine using the trigrams; fortune telling

變卦

biàn guà

to change one's mind; to go back on one's word

打卦

dǎ guà

to tell sb's fortune using divinatory trigrams

fortune telling

baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)

八卦掌

bā guà zhǎng

baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)

八卦陣

bā guà zhèn

eight-trigram battle array; (fig.) mystifying tactics

六十四卦

liù shí sì guà

the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经

煉丹八卦爐

liàn dān bā guà lú

eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality; symbol of the alchemist's art; Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble

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